Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To act disrespectfully toward (someone).

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Tom had the cheek to ask me to help him.

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  2. Tongue in cheek, so to say...

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  3. Her cheeks began to glow with shame.

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  4. Her cheeks began to glow at his compliments.

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  5. He had the cheek to ask me to help him.

    ruУ него хватило наглости просить меня помочь ему. — Imp

    deEr hatte die Frechheit, mich um Hilfe zu bitten. — Hans_Adler

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Origin

See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).

See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).

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Forms

cheeks up to, cheeking up to, cheeked up to, cheeked up to
Base formcheek up to · to cheek up to
3rd person singularcheeks up to
Present participlecheeking up to
Past simplecheeked up to
Past participlecheeked up to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheek up to
he, she, itcheeks up to

Past simpleLesson

all personscheeked up to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cheeked up to
he, she, ithas cheeked up to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cheek up to

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cheek up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cheddarcheekA2cheekbonecheekyB2cheep
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